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Re: [mif] What about changing [IPv6] default router rules a bit?



Thanks for pointing this out. These concepts are defined in RFC1122,
searching for "Strong ES Model" there. They are also mentioned in the
mif-ps draft.

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Dominik Kaspar <dokaspar.ietf at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_model
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Rémi Després <remi.despres at free.fr> wrote:
>>
>> Le 19 oct. 09 à 09:51, Zhen Cao a écrit :
>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Markku Savela <msa at moth.iki.fi> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I thought to repost my proposal from over 2 years ago on IPv6 mailing
>>>> list (21.8.2007). I got no feedback then, but I think this might be
>>>> relevant for the MIF topic. Maybe people now understand better what I
>>>> was trying to get through..?
>>>>
>>>> -------
>>>>
>>>> It's not difficult to find even home users with multiple ISP
>>>> links. Both ISP's send RA's with different prefixes (A=1).
>>>>
>>>> Host sees now two default routers on link and will have multiple
>>>> global addresses. By current rules, host can use either router for
>>>> outgoing packets regardless of the selected source address.
>>>
>>> Not necessarily true. If the host implements the strong end system
>>> model, it will choose the outgoing route regarding the selected source
>>> address.
>>
>> Interesting.
>> Could you give a reference where a definition you are using of the "strong
>> end system model" is given?
>> Thanks.
>> RD
>>
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